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gpt-researchervsTrac

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

gpt-researcherTrac
Score80/10065/100
Rank in category#5 of 69 in AI Chat#1 of 7 in Issue Tracking
GitHub stars30 363—
Stars, last 30 days+751—
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest releasev3.7.0 · 26 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0BSD-3-Clause
Main languagePython—

Which one should you pick?

gpt-researcher scores 80/100 against 65/100 for Trac, so it is the safer default.

gpt-researcher ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Trac.

gpt-researcher is growing faster right now (+751 stars in 30 days).

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